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Journal of critical care · Apr 2019
The impact of psychological distress on long-term recovery perceptions in survivors of cardiac arrest.
- Alex Presciutti, Evie Sobczak, Jennifer A Sumner, David J Roh, Soojin Park, Jan Claassen, Ian Kronish, and Sachin Agarwal.
- Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, United States.
- J Crit Care. 2019 Apr 1; 50: 227-233.
PurposeTo determine the association of depressive and PTSD symptoms with cardiac arrest survivors' long-term recovery perceptions, after accounting for cognitive status, functional independence, and medical comorbidities.MethodsPerceived recovery of 78 cardiac arrest survivors at 6-months post-hospital discharge was assessed through the question, "Do you feel that you have made a complete recovery from your arrest?" Psychological symptoms were measured using the Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression scale (CES-D) and the PTSD Checklist-Specific (PCLS). Logistic regression was utilized to assess the association between psychological symptoms with positive and negative recovery perceptions, adjusting for demographics, cognitive impairment, functional dependence, and medical comorbidities.ResultsAt 6 months, 53% of patients (n = 41) had negative recovery perceptions. 32.1% (n = 25) of patients screened for depression and 28.2% (n = 22) for PTSD. Patients with higher CES-D scores were significantly more likely to have negative recovery perceptions in both unadjusted and adjusted analyses (OR: 1.10, 95% CI [1.03, 1.16], p < .01). PCL-S scores were significantly associated with negative recovery perceptions in an unadjusted model (OR: 1.05, 95% CI [1.01, 1.10], p < .01), but not after adjustment of covariates.ConclusionsIn contrast with cognitive and functional measures, depressive symptoms were strongly associated with cardiac arrest survivors' negative recovery perceptions at 6-months post-discharge.Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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